Patrick Elliott

We need to come up with interesting topics and ways to engage the students. I like the idea of the instructional units and creating units that get the learner's attention immediately. I really want to implement these units into my online classes. It is hard to learn when you are not engaged into the content / don't care about it. Organization is a big part of that as well. We need to make the online course layout accessible and keep in contact with the students abou the course layout.

I love the idea of evaluating assignemnts and exams against the mean. This makes so much sense. i also like the breakdown of the 4 shoes each online instructor has to wear. The technician side I find, can get in the way of what you are trying to teach online. We do wear many hats.

We must choose on whether to implement synchronous, asynchronous, or a combination of both tot the classroom. There are pros and cons to each method. The important thing is to have guidelines that are clearly defined in a syllabus and follow through on what you say. This is true fro learning outcomes as well.

I learned that there are tons of different online tools to use for education. If they are not effective or working properly we could actually end up hindering the learning taking place. Make sure to evaluate and ask the students what is working for them.